Blue Meanies | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Role in the film Taking over Pepperland Their first appearance is right at the beginning, when they assemble their troops to take over the fictional, musical land of Pepperland, as they hate any kind of music. Assembled and ready, they attack using anti-music missiles and small guns that petrifies the citizens. To add insult to injury, they lock the land's biggest source of music, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, inside a huge glass sphere that neutralizes their music. The land soon becomes a big gray wasteland and every Pepperlander ends up petrified, except for one man called "Old Fred" that is told by Pepperland's mayor to seek help, moments before his own capture. Fred quickly sails his Yellow Submarine to Liverpool, where he asks for the Beatles' help. Gathered by Ringo, they all agree to help the land and drive the Meanies away.

Fighting the Beatles and redeeming After meeting the Nowhere Man Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D and having him captured by the Blue Meanies, the Beatles and Fred soon reach Pepperland, discovering that the whole land has become gray and devoid of color, and every citizen has been petrified and are now being used by the Meanies as a source of amusement. They The main Blue Meanie Chief. quickly sight the Chief Blue Meanie between the crowd and wait until nighttime so they can act while the Meanies are asleep. As they rush to an old stage where the Lonely Hearts Club Band's instruments are impounded, one of the common Meanies sights them and tries to shoot them, only to miss every shot. The Beatles manage to recover the instruments and disguise themselves as the band. When the sun rises, they try to sneak past the sleeping Meanies, but Ringo accidentally steps on a bagpipe, causing one of the Countdown Clowns to awake and alert the other Meanies of their escape. As they finally gain a chance to hide, they begin to sing " Sgt.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band " as they play the instruments, managing to revive Pepperland's citizens, as well as defeating a bunch of Blue Meanies as they sing. The singing immediately angers the Chief Meanie , so he sends his most destructive "soldier", the "Dreadful Flying Glove", to take out the band before they can sing any other songs. However, John manages to single-handedly defeat it by discovering that without its "G", all that is left of "glove" is "love", thus inspiring him to sing " All You Need is Love ". The song defeats the Glove and revives Pepperland to its fullest. The group also manages to free the Lonely Hearts Club Band from their prison, as they discover that the Band's members are alternate versions of themselves. Not wanting to give up so easily, the Chief decides to send in his Four-Headed Bulldog to finish them, but the new union of the Beatles and the Club Band sing " Hey Bulldog " together, defeating the Meanies' final effort to enslave the population and causing them to retreat.

Amongst the ruckus, Ringo frees Jeremy from the Meanies as the Nowhere Man faces the Chief Meanie himself, managing to conjure a magic spell that fills the Chief's body with flowers and causing him to have a breakdown. As they cheer on their victory, John asks if the Meanies want to join them, which they happily do as they all celebrate with " It's All Too Much " playing on the background. Personality The Meanies are supposed to represent every bad person in the world. As a result, they are all despicable and abhorrent creatures who hate any source of music and never accept "Yes" as an answer. Types There are many types of Blue Meanies seen in the film. The only common trend between them is that they all have blue or at least bluish parts or garments on their bodies. Storm Bloopers: The most common variety, and the most seen. They wear navy-blue woolly coats, domino masks and Mickey Mouse -ear-like hats. Another common trend is that they have six claws on each hand, and wear a pair of yellow-and-orange striped tights.

They are usually seen carrying weapons that fire pale-blue jagged arrows, which can petrify people (to an extent) and cause extreme sadness upon the victim, paralyzing them and draining them of color. The Chief Blue Meanie and his main henchman Max are variations of this type, but the Chief and Max wear jackboots with spurs instead of tights, and the left one is navy-blue while the right one is light-blue. Their hats are also different, as they resemble Bugs Bunny 's ears. Butterfly Stompers: Wide cat-like Meanies carrying numbers on their woolly coats (like sports jerseys). Their name is due to their strange love of stomping butterflies. Apple Bonkers: These are towering, Abraham Lincoln -like Meanies that are extremely thin and use Baldwin apples as their primary weapon, which they use to hit people on the head and cause similar effects to the Meanies' jagged arrow guns. These Meanies are referenced in the 2007 film Across the Universe , when Mr. Kite introduces one of his circus' characters called the "Blue People". Countdown Clowns: Large, fat clown-like Meanies with no arms.

They can generate loud shrieks that are used to alarm other Meanies of an enemy's presence, as well as announce their attacks. Their noses can be pressed to create big explosions wherever they look (it must be done by another Meanie, as the clowns have no arms). After they become good, their explosions are replaced by sounds of "Yes" and "OK". Snapping-Turtle Turks: Relatively short, fat Meanies dressed in stereotypical Turkish attire. Their stomachs are actually giant predatory faces with sharp-toothed mouths that consume whatever they see. Hidden-Persuader Men: Large gentleman Meanies that constantly smoke cigars and hold martinis in their hands, with what seems to be an eye on the glass. They hide two more arms beneath their shoes that hold concealed guns, which they use to threaten people who are close by. After their redeeming, they are seen prompting toasts to each other and using their extra hands to give friendly shakes. Jack-the-Nippers: The least seen variation. These Meanies resemble jazz musicians wearing green tailcoats and sunglasses with two reptilian heads for hands. These guys can be easily defeated by tricking their "hands" into biting their own tongues.

Their name is a play on Jack the Ripper. The Four-Headed Bulldog: A large, light-blue Bulldog with four heads that is remarkably strong, each of its mouths having razor-sharp teeth. Only one of this variety is seen in the movie. Its very owner has no strength to contain this beast if it wants to walk in a particular direction. It is defeated when the Beatles and the Lonely Hearts Club Band sing "Hey Bulldog" to get its attention and then run in opposite directions to confuse it. The Dreadful Flying Glove: The fiercest of the Meanies. It is literally a giant glove sporting a stylized face, with the thumbnail acting as the eye and the index finger as the nose, constantly pointing forward. This creature is a force to be reckoned with; crushing and "o-blue-terating" anything its master orders it to. It is defeated when John sings "All You Need is Love" and covers it with the words that come out of his mouth. Trivia The term "Blue Meanies" is also a slang term in Britain for the police or traffic wardens, especially certain traffic wardens that were hired by private firms and thus earned money via distributing fees to motorists.

The Bulldog was edited out of the American version so it wouldn't create an anti-climax after the "All You Need is Love" scene. The Meanie known as "Max" is a reference to the 1966 film The Blue Max. A Blue Meanie appears in the South Park episode "Imaginationland". Despite being the antagonists of the film, the Meanies have little screen time. The Meanies were originally going to be red, as a reference to the Cold War. The Beatles: Yellow Submarine : The Beatles : 9780763658540 Transport About The Beatles Inspired by the song "Yellow Submarine" from the Beatles' Revolver album, the film YELLOW SUBMARINE was released in 1968 and was quickly hailed as a visionary masterpiece. This extraordinary collaboration of talent Heinz Edelmann's art wedded with Beatles music was brought to life in celluloid with groundbreaking animation techniques. More than thirty-five years later, the film continues to beguile adults and children alike." show more Customer reviews Reason for Reading: I love The Beatles and couldn't resist this homage to the fantastic film and song "Yellow Submarine". Well, what can I say.

If you loved the animated film you'll delight in this picture book. The plot of the book is a very condensed version of the film's plot, keeping the main idea but leaving out many sideplots. It *is* only 40 pages. The book's main glory is in it's illustration taken from/based on that of the film. I think parents/grandparents will be buying this one for the fun of reading it to their little ones who will certainly marvel at the illustrations and the fantastical world presented to them. The main plot centres around ridding Pepperland of the Blue Meanies but the central idea in the book to vanquishing them revolves around the theme/song "All You Need is Love". Grown ups will delight at the multitude of Beatles song titles thrown into the text such as: "Do we need a ticket to ride? asked George. "Only if we're taking the mystery tour," Ringo joked." and there is plenty of tongue in cheek Fab Four humour that adults will chuckle over such as "Frankenstein's a friend of yours?" Fred asked. "Oh, yeah. I used to go out with his sister ... Phyllis." A delightful picture book kids and adults will enjoy, both on different levels.

show more by Nicola Mansfield Yellow Submarine (1968) - Plot Summary - IMDb Yellow Submarine (1968) Plot Summary Showing all 3 plot summaries When the music hating Blue Meanies take over Pepperland and freeze everyone within it, including the protectors, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Captain Fred and his Yellow Submarine recruit The Beatles to help save Pepperland. Along the way, they fall through the Sea of Time, Sea of Nothing, Sea of Holes and more. They meet Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D. and take him with them along the adventure. When at Pepperland, the Beatles "rally the land to rebellion" and take down the Blue Meanies, the four-headed Meanie dog and the Dreadful Flying Glove (with the songs "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "Hey Bulldog", "All You Need is Love"). In the end, we see all four live-action Beatles singing "All Together Now". - Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net> The Beatles are spirited away in the eponymous yellow submarine to save Pepperland from the dreaded Blue Meanies.

Along the way, the singing saviors encounter a surreal feast for both the eyes and ears: phantasmagorical creatures, outrageous landscapes, and colors that throb and vibrate to each and every Beatle song on the soundtrack. It's a drug-free, hallucinogenic journey for the armchair tripper, the peak of which is undoubtedly (and not surprisingly) the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" sequence. An incredible film experience at all levels, "Yellow Submarine" manages to capture exquisitely and in visual form the beauty and madness of the incomparable Beatles. And to think 1968 also included Kubrick's "2001!" - Written by alfiehitchie The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies. Templer - Teaching the Beatles' Yellow Submarine: A Handout for ESL/EFL Students (TESL/TEFL) Rajamangala University of Technology (Srivijaya, Trang Province, Thailand) Introduction The handout below is meant for students at pre-intermediate level and above. It provides an introduction to the fantasy film Yellow Submarine, a true masterpiece.

The 90-minute animated movie is now readily available on DVD/video, and can be made the focus for an extended multimedia unit. The handout is a text for reading and discussion before and after students see the film. Teachers can devise various kinds of exercises and brief essays. The lyrics and music such as "All You Need is Love," "Yellow Submarine" or "Eleanor Rigby" can be found on the Internet. Many of our students have never heard of the Beatles. This movie is a window into their music and the "Hippie" counterculture of the 1960s. It is a classic "surreal" film against war and violence. Yellow Submarine -- A Beatles Fantasy Film (1968) You are going to see a very special animated movie. This will tell you about its plot (the line of the story) and a few of its main ideas. In talking about stories or movies, we call these main ideas "themes." Welcome to Pepperland Far away somewhere, down below the deep sea, there is a colorful country. It is full of laughter and song. It is called Pepperland. It is a world of wonder and magic.

In Pepperland, a special band, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band, plays its music on and on. Everyone is happy. It is a band to make lonely hearts sing. No one here feels lonely. There is no winter, no cold. Until one day great monsters with very big sharp teeth arrive. They invade Pepperland. They take it over. Soon they control everything. It is an invasion. These monsters are blue. They have a name: the Blue Meanies. A meanie is a person who is mean, not kind. These Blue Meanies do not like music. Especially rock music. They attack Pepperland, and they make it a colorless place, silent. They hate color, music. They hate beauty, happiness. They despise freedom. They hate peace. They love war. They try to control people. Like an army. By violence and fear. But there is a small light in this darkness. Captain Fred is a sailor. He has a fantastic Yellow Submarine. He escapes from the Blue Meanies. He takes his submarine to find help. He sails very far. He goes around the world to England. Captain Fred lands in the city of Liverpool.

There Fred finds the band called the Beatles -- Ringo, John, Paul and George. They decide they will return to Pepperland with Captain Fred to try to help the people. The name of the Beatles band in Liverpool is also Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band. They go back with Fred in the Yellow Submarine. They play their magic music and the Blue Meanies change. They stop hurting the Pepperlanders. Pepperland is free again. The Beatles sing: "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE." The Story of the Movie The Blue Meanies control Pepperland. They are dictators. A dictator is a ruler with unlimited force. The Pepperlanders don't have any way to fight them. The Pepperlanders live under "oppression." This means they have no freedom. Like in a dictatorship, force 'presses' down on them. They must be obedient, they have to obey. The Blue Meanies have a very mean Chief, a leader. They have many magic monster-like weapons. They have a bull-dog with 4 heads. And they have an awful Flying Glove. Its face is blue. It is a terrible and frightening weapon. They also have tall thin men who drop gigantic green apples on people, knocking them out.

They are called Apple Bonkers. The Blue Meanies can freeze people. They make them into colorless statues. They just stand there like flat drawings in grey. Everything is drab, without color. Tears run down their sad faces. The Pepperlanders are powerless. Fred escapes the Blue Meanies, along with the Old Lord Mayor, the leader of Pepperland. The Mayor is a small old man with a very colorful hat, a purple face with a white moustache and a big green jacket. Fred has a white beard and wears a sea captain's uniform. Fred arrives in Liverpool. He comes to Hope Street but life there looks pretty hopeless. It is very dirty and ugly. We hear a sad song about a lonely woman named Eleanor Rigby. A simple very lonely older working woman. And the song tells about Father McKenzie: he is from the church, like a monk. He lives alone and is also lonely. Nobody listens to him. 'Eleanor Rigby" is one of the Beatles' most famous songs. It says: "All the lonely people / Where do they all come from? / All the lonely people / Where do they all belong?" It is a song about loneliness. About people who have no friends, no family.

Liverpool is sad and drab. Fred cries for HELP to rescue Pepperland. The Beatles agree to go with him and board the Yellow Submarine. It dives deep beneath the waves and goes down down. This will be a long journey of magic and wonder. The Great Voyage of Wonder They come to a Sea of Monsters. They see many whales. They see other strange monsters of the sea. Then suddenly a great monster appears, the Suckophant. It sucks everything into its big trunk, its nose. It is like a vacuum or what scientists call a "black hole." The Suckophant sucks them all in and they disappear. The whole world disappears into the Suckophant. Everything becomes No-thing. Then they find themselves in a Nowhere Land. Beyond space, beyond time. There they meet a strange tiny brown man, the Nowhere Man. He is very lonely. He knows everything -- except where he belongs. His life is just books and words. They ask him to come along. He says: OK. Then they come to a Sea of Holes. They can't find any way out. It is just all holes. But one hole goes down to Pepperland.

A Blue Meanie comes up and pulls them into Pepperland. They fall through the Sea of Holes into Pepperland. Making Pepperland Free They start singing. They see all the lifeless people. They find the Old Lord Mayor. He says: "Why, you look like Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band. You can play their music and the Blue Meanies will go away." Of course the Beatles are Sergeant Pepper's Band. They made many songs in England using this name. One of their songs from the album Revolver was called "Yellow Submarine." They find the old uniforms of the band and decide they will try to be just like them: they'll play music. So they become … "themselves." The next morning they start playing pop music. And all the Pepperlanders start to return to life and color. But the Blue Meanies do not like the music. The Chief Blue Meanie grows very angry. He shouts: "destroy them, crush them, o-blue-terate them!" "Obluterate" is a Meanie's word. It means "destroy them, obliterate them." The terrible Flying Glove starts attacking the Beatles. It is like a giant monster helicopter.

The band sings: "All you need is Love, Love, Love, Love, all you need is Love." The Beatles do not hurt the Blue Meanies. They want to change the Blue Meanies by love and music. Not by force. The Blue Meanies attack. But they are confused, they run in the wrong direction. The Chief Blue Meanie tells them: "No, go the other way!" Their control is over. They don't know how to fight any more. The four-headed bulldog runs off in four different directions. And the Flying Glove becomes happy, the Glove turns into love. The Nowhere Man says to the Chief: "Turn off what is sour, turn into a flower, and bloom, bloom, BLOOM." Magically, the Chief Blue Meanie becomes a big bunch of flowers. He turns into a bouquet of roses. He starts to feel happy. For the first time in their lives, the Blue Meanies love life, because of one simple set of words: Love is all you need! The Pepperlanders are free again. They can rebuild their lives. And have beauty and music and color. Some "Themes" in the Movie This movie is "surreal".

"Sur" means over, extra. So surreal is more than real, like in a dream. If you like Harry Potter, you like surreal stories. What is a submarine? Well, it takes you on a trip to a deep place. "Sub" means "under." Under the water. The water is like the "sea" of your own mind. What is called your sub-conscious. You enter your sub-conscious when you dream. And this movie is like a door to your sub-conscious. This film was made in 1968 and became very popular. It was a dark time. America was fighting a bloody war in Vietnam. Many young people in America and in Europe and Japan were against this war. Some people think this movie on one level is about Vietnam and the American war there. In 1968, many young people thought the American army in Vietnam was like the Blue Meanies. In 1968, there was a lot of violence in America too. Two famous Americans were murdered. One was Martin Luther King, the other was Robert Kennedy, John Kennedy's brother. And President John Kennedy had been murdered in 1963.

Many young people said, "America is a place of murder and death." They said, "President Nixon is a Blue Meanie." The Beatles were the most famous rock band in the world then. In the movement against the Vietnam War, many young Americans used to sing the song "We all live in a Yellow Submarine" at big meetings. When people march and protest against the war in Iraq today, some may sing this song. It is an anti-war song. In 1968, there was a lot of anger among many young people. Young Americans wanted to change the whole system, to stop the war. Black Americans wanted to be really free, to be equal, to end poverty, to end racism and to have peace in America and peace in the world. The movie says: we can build a different society. With love, joy, color. And you can know where you really belong. In Pepperland the Beatles sung: there's "nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy. All you need is love." With love, everything is possible. That is one big "message" of the film. Another "theme" is: respect people who are different.

Let people be who they are. They say this movie is about "freedom." The freedom to be yourself. All people can be free and equal. And maybe they won't need Government to tell them what to do. They won't need bosses. We can run our own lives. John Lennon and his friends had the idea that you can change the world by love, not by violence. John Lennon sang about non-violence. He was murdered in 1980 in New York. Many people were very sad when he was shot. Some say the pictures and "images" in this surreal movie are like when you take "acid." That is a name for a drug called LSD. You go on a "trip" and see many shapes and colors in your head. The word for this is "psychedelic", which means strange images and colors in the mind made by some drugs. They say this is the first psychedelic movie. It is very different from the pictures in Hollywood cartoon movies. They say this is a hippie movie, from the culture of the "flower children," which was very popular during 1968 and 1969. The Pepperlanders are like hippies. Hippies liked to have unusual brightly-colored clothing.

They loved non-violence, were gentle. They wanted to return to more natural living, to cooperate, work together, live in big families on farms called 'communes.' Get away from ugly lonely city life, like in Liverpool. They wanted to change the world. Where love and sharing are more important than work and money. A world where people have solidarity. Others think this movie is a fairy tale about a magic journey. Fred comes from a deep other world and takes the Beatles on a strange trip to a magic place. They say that the story is about death and a kind of rebirth. The Pepperlanders are reborn. The Beatles are reborn. Even the Meanies and the Glove are reborn. Some think the yellow submarine stands for the society we could have if we wanted. We are all here together in this small spaceship, Planet Earth. As the song says, "And our friends are all aboard / Many more of them live next door … And we live a life of ease / Everyone of us has all we need / Sky of blue and sea of green / In our yellow submarine." We need to protect nature. It can be easily broken. It is fragile. The Blue Meanies want to destroy the earth.

They are the enemy of nature. The song "Yellow Submarine" is also a song for people who want to protect all living things. It is a song for a green earth. Some think the story is like the old story in English literature called Beowulf. It was written about 1,300 years ago, and is the oldest story in English. Beowulf goes to rescue a kingdom that is attacked by a monster named Grendel. He kills the monster and the kingdom is free to live again in happiness. The Beatles are a little like Beowulf in this movie. The Meanies are like Grendel. It is the battle of goodness and light and love against darkness and violence and death. Watch the many colors in the film. These colors have a deep meaning. Blue can mean sad, like when you say "I feel blue." The Flying Glove looks a lot like a kind of American flag. It is striped, just like the flag, and very bright blue. Yellow is a happy color, like the sun. The movie's colors are psychedelic. The English in the songs is beautiful, simple.

But the English talk in the dialogue is full of jokes and what is called "word play." It is often hard if you don't know English very well to understand these games played with words. It's OK if you don't understand. The Beatles 'take words apart' and put them together in unusual ways, called "puns." So the dialogue here is a kind of a surreal poem. Some people think this movie is a poem in color, words, pictures and music. It has many different possible meanings. . Find the meanings of the images for yourself, with your friends. Learn the songs. Start a Yellow Submarine English Club. Yellow Submarine (film) | The Beatles Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia L is for love me P is for p-p-p-p-p-p-please help me!" Ringo lets him into the house and after listening to his story they go together to find the rest of The Beatles in the crazy house. After finding George , John and Paul , Young Fred takes them into the Yellow Submarine and they begin their long interdimensional journey to Pepperland. They start out in the Sea of Time where they time travel and turn old and then young. When I'm Sixty-Four plays here.

They head into the Sea of Science ( Only a Northern Song plays over this sequence) as a transition into the Sea of Monsters. They quickly escape into the Sea of Nothing where they meet the strange Nowhere Man (Jeremy Hilary Boob Ph.D). They sing to him and he realizes that he lives with nothing and right before The Beatles leave Ringo sees Jeremy crying and askes the rest of The Beatles if he can come along. Paul makes a snide remark calling Ringo a "senty-mentalist". Jeremy does come along with them in the end though. They continue on to the Foothills of the Headlands (Sea of Heads). John sings Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds . Finally they arrive in the Sea of Holes where Jeremy is kidnapped by a Blue Meanie. Ringo finds the green hole to jump into to take them into the Sea of Green, transitioning them to Pepperland. The Beatles arrive at Pepperland only to see it completely taken over by the Blue Meanies. Here The Beatles initiate their plan to imitate Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to reawaken the land to rebel against the Blue Meanies.

They carry out their plan by singing All You Need Is Love , and save Pepperland, throwing the Blue Meanies out forever. At the end the real Beatles appear on the screen showing off their souvenirs. George getting the Yellow Submarine's Motor. Paul getting a little bit of "LOVE." Ringo getting a piece of a hole (The other piece was given to Jeremy) and John getting a telescope showing him where the Blue Meanies are. He states that there are Blue Meanies in the vicinity of the theatre and the only way to get rid of them is to sing. The group starts singing All Together Now and different translations of the song title appear in different languages. Differences Between U.K. and U.S. Version There are some subtle differences between the US and UK movies, most noticeably that in the US version: There is a different (and slightly longer) dance sequence to "All You Need Is Love" The releasing of the real Sgt. Pepper band is longer, including use of the song " Baby You're a Rich Man ", but excluding the greetings with one another. The meanie rampage is shorter and different, excluding " Hey Bulldog " Only the UK version of the movie is on DVD.

Behind the scenes Edit The DVD contains at least one subtitling error: in the Sea of Science sequence, the repeated subtitle "It's only a normal song" can be seen. Whoever did the subtitles, the significance of the music track for that sequence being called "Only A Northern Song" evidently escaped them. This problem was bypassed on the Blu-Ray, by the songs not being subtitled. Pictures from the Film Yellow Submarine (1968) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error On Disc at Amazon The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.

Director: Lee Minoff (original story), John Lennon (based upon a song by) | 5 more credits » Stars: a list of 22 titles created 03 Jan 2012 a list of 36 titles created 04 Jul 2012 a list of 26 titles created 04 Aug 2015 a list of 23 titles created 06 Jan 2016 a list of 22 titles created 2 days ago Search for " Yellow Submarine " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline When the music hating Blue Meanies take over Pepperland and freeze everyone within it, including the protectors, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Captain Fred and his Yellow Submarine recruit The Beatles to help save Pepperland. Along the way, they fall through the Sea of Time, Sea of Nothing, Sea of Holes and more. They meet Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D. and take him with them along the adventure.

When at Pepperland, the Beatles "rally the land to rebellion" and take down the Blue Meanies, the four-headed Meanie dog and the Dreadful Flying Glove (with the songs "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "Hey Bulldog", "All You Need is Love"). In the end, we see all four live-action Beatles singing "All Together Now". Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net> Nothing Is Real. See more » Genres: 13 November 1968 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Beatles' Yellow Submarine See more » Filming Locations: DTS (re-release)| Dolby Digital (re-release)| Mono (original release) (Westrex Recording System) Color: The film is included on Roger Ebert 's "Great Movies" list. See more » Goofs In the closed captions during the George Harrison song "It's Only A Northern Song", the captions instead read "It's Only A NORMAL Song". George used the word Northern because he wanted to complete his contract with Northern Songs.

See more » Quotes Ringo : Well, it's a twenty four hour day, isn't it? John : You surprise me, Ringo. See more » Crazy Credits The lyric "All Together Now" is shown in several different languages while the song plays at the end. See more » Connections Inventive, hilarious, and visually extraordinary 10 March 2007 | by ametaphysicalshark (prejudicemadeplausible.wordpress.com) – See all my reviews 'Yellow Submarine' is a visual stunner and an extremely well-scripted movie. There are lots of Beatles in jokes, George's fascination with Indian music and John's fascination with scientific theories are lampooned, the Beatles' power is joked about ("Nothing's Beatle Proof!") and poor old Ringo is just plain made fun of. The movie itself is arguably the most psychedelic ever made. The Beatles' descent into Pepperland is just one psychedelic scene after the other. The animation isn't great, but everything is just done so strange and fun that it becomes absolutely irresistible. The colors, landscapes, and creatures are just really different and vivid and vibrant. The songs are fit in very, very well (although "Nowhere Man" is undoubtedly the best sequence).

Overall this works great as a musical or as an animated film, and there's definitely a lot of priceless, subtle dialog. I would name it one of the top 20 animated films of all time, really. Definitely worth watching, just because there simply isn't any movie like it. 10/10 27 of 32 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Yellow Submarine | thecriticaleye Yellow Submarine · by The Thorn · in Film , Music . · Synopsis: Join the greatest band of all time for a mind-blowing voyage you won’t soon forget. Heralded as “a cartoon landmark” (San Francisco Examiner), this visually stunning odyssey turned animation upside-down with its irreverent style and innovative techniques. Once upon a time…or maybe twice, the unearthly paradise of Pepperland was taken over by the evil Blue Meanies. All looked hopeless…until the Fab Four sailed in to save the day with humor, music and, of course, their yellow submarine. *********************************************************************** eyelights: the trippy animation style and visuals. eyesores: the non-plot.

“Hey, would you believe me if I told you I was being followed by a yellow submarine?” Welcome to Pepperland, a trippy place with a saccharine string section. In Pepperland, everyone is happy and having a good time. However, the Blue Meanies, a silly race of creatures who never say “yes”, resent and attack this magical land, with canons shooting blue rays, giants dropping large green apples on people and big blue gloves (with eyes and teeth) chasing their prey. Thankfully, Old Fred escapes by taking a yellow submarine parked at the top of an Aztec-style pyramid. He will go out for help. He will get The Beatles. ‘Yellow Submarine’ is an animated fantasy musical based on The Beatles’ music. Released in 1968, it was intended to fulfill The Beatles’ contract with United Artists, with whom they had signed for three films. Disappointed with the result of ‘ Help! ‘, their previous endeavour, the group wasn’t that keen to star in another motion picture and, thus, felt that going the animated route was an acceptable alternative. Although their animated avatars would be voiced by other actors, they would make a cameo.

The picture was a smash hit at the time and remains a favourite with fans of animation, psychedelia and The Beatles’ music. It’s essentially a series a random, surrealistic animated segments tied together loosely by the songs. Each segment is inspired by its song and includes lots of pop culture references (including some Beatles ones, naturally). It’s a trip that was made on drugs for people on drugs: ‘Yellow Submarine’ is very hard to describe coherently as it’s rather stream-of-consciousness. The plot is very thin: After the old sailor finds The Beatles (in a strange sequence that has the submarine stalking Ringo until he gets home), they then hop on board, go through time, at first getting younger and then getting older. Then Ringo inexplicably ejects himself of the pilot’s seat and the others must find him in an alien landscape full of bizarre creatures, after which they go through a sea of holes into Pepperland. Once there, they disguise themselves and play music to drive away the Blue Meanies. Oh, and they free the original Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and convert the Blue Meanies in the process. It’s all in a day’s work for the Fab Four.

Although the story could be told in less than half an hour, the film stretches onward to 87 minutes, fueled by The Beatles’ songs. Most of the songs are played in full and are backed by the weirdo animation. Thankfully, the tracks that were chosen for the movie’s soundtrack were some of The Beatles’ best, including the titular track, “All You Need is Love”, “Eleanor Rigby”, “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”, “Nowhere Man”, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, “When I’m Sixty-Four” and others. But then there are the new tracks, one of which (“Only a Northern Song”) was an outtake from the band’s ‘Sgt. Pepper’ sessions. They are all rather lackluster in comparison to most of The Beatles’ output (even ‘ Magical Mystery Tour ‘), feeling like throwaways or fillers. Thankfully, George Martin was on hand to produce orchestral arrangements of the band’s songs for the rest of the soundtrack. These are arguably the most interesting new tracks of the film, even though they are essentially covers.

The picture wraps up with a short black and white bit showing the actual Beatles trying hard to have fun, and failing miserably at faking their enthusiasm. This very much sums up The Beatles’ involvement with the picture and part of ‘Yellow Submarine’ itself, which is playful and sometimes silly, but self-consciously so. It’s a terrific picture for maybe 20-30 minutes, but its rambling nature becomes tedious over time. It’s best watched in small doses, or perhaps while in a feverish state. No matter what is suggested in the picture, some things are Beatles proof. Nota bene: the MGM DVD (which is now out of print) was released with an isolated soundtrack option, allowing the viewer to play the film with only the music. Having been remixed from its original elements into a delightful 5.1 surround track, it’s probably the highest resolution version of this soundtrack available. Although I won’t watch the picture very often, I may just play this soundtrack frequently enough. Despite my reservations about the film itself, that I highly recommend. Date of viewing: April 26, 2015 Share this:

Question: In the Beatles film Yellow Submarine what is the name of the land taken over by the Blue Meanies?
Answer: Pepperland